Rain Deity Plaque900–400 BCE

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Title: Rain Deity Plaque
Culture: Olmec
Place Made: Mexico, Guerrero, Tabasco, or Veracruz
Date Made: 900–400 BCE
Medium: Serpentine
Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 3 × 1 in. (8.89 × 7.62 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number: M.86.311.1
Classification: Stone
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Berrin, Kathleen, and Virginia M. Fields, eds. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.
O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.

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Title: Rain Deity Plaque
Culture: Olmec
Place Made: Mexico, Guerrero, Tabasco, or Veracruz
Date Made: 900–400 BCE
Medium: Serpentine
Dimensions: 3 1/2 × 3 × 1 in. (8.89 × 7.62 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number: M.86.311.1
Classification: Stone
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Berrin, Kathleen, and Virginia M. Fields, eds. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.
O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.